[Azur Lane] Light-Chasing Sea Of Stars EX Stage Clear Guide. Guam UR Event.

This video serves as a comprehensive guide on everything that a viewer should know about the EX stage of the Azur Lane's ongoing event, Light-Chasing Sea of Stars, which featured two new ultra-rare ships, USS Guam and USS Laffey II. In this guide we're going to talk about the main strategies that ahould be utilized in order to successfully complete the said stage, as well as examine each of the boss's three phases. We will discuss its attack patterns, main weaknesses and strong sides, while also mentioning the armour type of the enemy and the according choice of equipment for every available class of ships.
Now let's talk about my team composition and about the possible substitutions for every ship used. As was briefly mentioned in the video, there are no limitations regarding the ship hull types, so you can go for a full battleship- or full aircraft carrier-based backline, as well as for the mixed one. I chose the second variant only due to the fact that carriers tend to deal more damage to the heavy type of armour without having to worry about the timings and movement pattern of the boss too much. If you really want to use battleships, focus only on their damage output and not on anything else, as you would want to end the battle as soon as possible. Musashi, New Jersey, Friedrich der Grosse, Ulrich von Hutten and even Monarch along with Georgia would be a good option. Bismarck Zwei can help with keeping the boss in one place for other battleships to land their projectiles more easily, but her own barrage is light armour-focused, so the overall damage of hers would be a bit lower compared to the other battleships. All in all, I decided not to make this stage any harder than it already is and thus gave preference to the carriers.
Now that I mentioned them, Shinano and Hakuryuu were obviously used only thanks to their insane damage output against the heavy armour, which can hardly be surpassed by any other ship. Therefore, if you need a substitution, go for a ship with the same designation: Enterprise, Saratoga in retrofit, Ark Royal, maybe even Zuikaku and Shoukaku. August von Parseval, Illustrious, Yorktown II and others, on the other hand, would not be as effective, because they're not made to deal with heavy armour. Implacable was chosen due to her exceptional slowing capabilities, and, apart from Ark Royal and August, who were already mentioned, there is no replacement for her.
As for the frontline, you should focus on two things: survivability and projectiles per second. The former doesn't need any explanation, so we'll focus on the latter. Due to how the mechanics of the boss's shield in the first phase work, you want to deal not a lot of damage on a single hit, but a lot and a lot of smaller hits, as they will equally deal 1 damage to it. Therefore, our only way to destroy it quick enough is to pick fast-shooting ships with good barrages. Plymouth and Shimakaze have a lot of rounds in their barrages, but almost any light cruiser or destroyer would do their job qust fine. Do keep in mind, however, that someone like Helena would not be as useful here, as she's not a damage-focused ships. Her buff will also be useless, as the timings of this fight will be off due to the shield.
Timestamps:
00:00 The Basic Information About EX Mode.
00:25 More About The Boss.
01:02 The Attacks Pattern. First Phase.
01:57 The Attacks Pattern. Second Phase.
02:41 The Attacks Pattern. Third Phase.
03:35 Another Way Of Completion.
05:10 An Equipment Showcase.
The music, used in the video, in a chronological order:
Undertale OST 063 -- It's Raining Somewhere Else -- From the beginning to 1-30.
Azur Lane OST -- Scherzo of Iron and Blood BGM -- From 1-32 to 3-34.
Blue Archive OST 01 -- Constant Moderato -- From 3-34 to 5-33.
Azur Lane OST -- Daily Life -- From 5-33 to 5-44.
I had to write the numbers in this way to prevent them from mixing up with the timecodes and I apologize for them not being clickable.
The emulator, that was used to record the video: MuMu Player.
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[@mrbox6342]

Waiting for your video about Katsuragi hard mode challenge! Nice videos as always

[@pyroexitium]

idk why but the shield dose not get destroyed for me. it just stays at 0 and i only deal 1 damage

[@dovacin23]

Well, your ships are supposed to only be able to deal 1 damage to the enemy shield, while it's still up, but it's really strange that it's unbreakable for you. I don't know for sure what can be the reason for that, though maybe it takes you too long to break the shield and it just refreshes somehow? By the way, have you been able to clear this stage yet?